While breaches at media firms should not unprecedented, the notification was one of many greatest violations of Apple’s “walled garden” in reminiscence. There was nothing to point out that consumer safety was compromised past the upsetting wording.
“Fast Company’s Apple News account was hacked on Tuesday evening. Two obscene and racist push notifications were sent about a minute apart,” the journal stated by e mail. “The messages are vile and are not in line with the content of Fast Company. We are investigating the situation and have suspended the feed and shut down FastCompany.com until we are certain the situation has been resolved.”
An Apple spokesperson pointed to a tweet from Apple News that stated: “An incredibly offensive alert was sent by Fast Company, which has been hacked. Apple News has disabled their channel.”
An extremely offensive alert was sent by Fast Company, which has been hacked. Apple News has disabled their channel.
— Apple News (@AppleNews) September 28, 2022
While the journal’s site was defaced, an article that was labeled sponsored content material gave the hackers’ description of how the break-in occurred.
That account stated the group had gotten into the corporate’s WordPress program and located keys to features together with the Apple News programming interface.